There are three forms of art, or "three forms of the beautiful", (Hegel, 68) that is necessary to form the idea of art itself, as Hegel believes. The development of art from one form to the other is what Hegel defines as the history of art. ... "Classical" art is the form of art that is characterized as the works of ideal beauty. ... In "Symbolic" art the content is formed abstractly, it is not able to demonstrate itself sufficiently enough in a sensuous, visible form, in contrast, "Classical" art is conceived in the manner that is able to find utter per...

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Why Do We Study Art? ... Art can be a safe and harmless form of expression. ... For others, art is a form of relaxation and allows them to become calmer and feel better by simply singing, painting, or performing. ... They also see the human body as Gods own work of art. ... The creation of art pieces and learning about what a piece of art is trying to say helps with a person's sight. ...

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Achenbach believes that it is the art of the philosopher. He quotes the Romantic novelist Novalis to describe this art. ... Novalis refers to some sort of ultimate truth, similar to Plato's world of forms. ... Without this art, perhaps slavery would still exist in the world. ... The art of philosophy is responsible for the advancement of humanity. ...

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" In no small shape or form does this form of prejudice and self-justified privilege obstruct the realization of a decent society which brings happiness across the population as opposed to congregating it in the hands of the privileged, lucky few. ... To do that we require the practice art; one of the virtues of art is sensitivity. ... To contemplate what direction one's life is taking, and in what form. ... Notice that the temper of art runs contrary to our modern world, and things in which it places value. Art provides sensitivity, whereas competition for promotion require insens...

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" In no small shape or form does this form of prejudice and self-justified privilege obstruct the realization of a decent society which brings happiness across the population as opposed to congregating it in the hands of the privileged, lucky few. ... To do that we require the practice art; one of the virtues of art is sensitivity. ... To contemplate what direction one's life is taking, and in what form. ... Notice that the temper of art runs contrary to our modern world, and things in which it places value. Art provides sensitivity, whereas competition for promotion require insens...

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Modern humans are typically much less robust in body form and skeleton than Neanderthals. ... Soon thereafter, however, they evolve into far more sophisticated forms than any which preceded them, and henceforth the tool kit shows a tendency to change fairly rapidly over time. ... Homo sapiens sapiens: Cave art - page 4 - Dozens of cave sites have been found in Europe with remarkable paintings and other art work dating from the period of intense cold, 25,000-14,000 years ago. ... It is assumed that such cave art had a religious or cultic function. ... Cave art is found usually deep u...

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Which brings rise to this question, is human nature distinct from other forms of life? ... They have been to the moon, created huge buildings, made amazing works by talented artisans, and beautiful works of art. ... Chimps do not keep their tools to continue use and birds never change the form of their nests to improve them. ... The reasons we have art museums, or art at all, is because humans admire beauty. ... So, the question is asked again, is human nature distinct from other forms of life? ...

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It is difficult to take no notice of the sexual aspects of this work of art, and that is why some people notice the homosexual act or preliminaries to sexual intercourse, which is often associated with violence and pain clearly visible in this painting. ... Form this perspective, the act of sucking blood may be interpreted as an emotional domination, power and emotions, which go with domination, feed the vampire. ... That is because fire belongs to attributes of heavenly god whose opponents are deities form the kingdom of the underground. ... There is endless number of references in literature...

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Robots of Dawn This novel is a story of an earthling detective, Elijah Baley, sent to the planet Aurora, where a humaniform robot (human form) has been roboticized or placed in mental freeze. ... His attack on the poets is based on his accusations that art alters peoples" perception of reality. ... However, Aristotle defends the poets by claiming people can use art to soothe their passions. Aristotle believed people could use art to cleanse the souls by shared experiences with the artists. Tolstoy felt art should be used to unite humanity through shared feelings. ...

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The World Controllers in "Brave New World" propose that "you've got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art". ... In "Brave New World", an artificial form of happiness is provided by a drug called soma. ... People are conditioned against love, nature, literature and other naturally desired forms of expression. ... Another form of conditioning in "Brave New World" deals with death. ... There is no family, no love, no science or art or history- all of which are preliminary to anything that we would call society. ...

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His Spirit of the Laws sought to explain how different groups of people end up with different and varying forms of government. ... He wrote on philosophy, science, music, and art, and wrote novels, essays, and dramatic pieces Rousseau's most important work is The Social Contract that describes the relationship of man with society. ... He joins together with his fellow men to form the collective human presence known as society. ... There is the first galaxy of artists- poets, painters, musicians, and theorists of art and society an outpouring of genius hard to match in any period for va...

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Neanderthals were compassionate enough to bury their dead, care for their injured and ill, develop complex tools, create some form of ritual behavior, and communicate in some ways. ... Plus their art is an evident in the tools and weapons they made. ... However, the crowning achievement of the Magdalenian was its cave paintings, the culmination of Paleolithic art. ...

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We had to learn ourselves, and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expect form life but rather what life expected from us. ... They form man's destiny which is different and unique for each individual. ... For example, in surrender to the beauty of nature or art, and above all in experiencing human beings in their uniqueness for to experience a human being in his uniqueness is to love him. ...

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But the form in which the archetypes appear, generally depends on the historical conditions. ... It is important to understand the historical form in which the archetypes appear, the historical background to which the myth is related, and the impact those archetypes have had on culture and religion. ... The foundation of myth is heard in the art forms and creative expressions of the 21st century as surely as it did thousands of years ago. ...

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Considering that each human being begins their life in the form of a fetus, it is hard to support the argument that a fetus is not a human, and thus even harder to dispute the fact that a fetus does have rights. ... The likeliest opinion is that this occurs when, after fertilization, a distinctly new living thing is formed. Actually abortion is not employed until after the fetus is fairly well formed and is certainly informed with a rational soul; but even if it were invoked in the early stages of gestation, the act would still be destructive of a human person (Higgins)."" ... Supporters ...

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Over this period morphological features developed into what we now call classic Neandertal' form. ... Remains of early modern humans in Europe are associated with art, ornaments, and other seemingly symbolic evidence. ...

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The Real World, The Unreal World and The Suffering in Between with Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life Ivan Denisovich and Camus" The Plague by Jennie Nguyen There are two worlds that people live in, the real and the unreal. The unreal is a world full of stories, a person's personal getaway. M...

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As I stepped farther in, the lights turned on automatically, and to my surprise I was surrounded by amazing local art. ... Many of the ancient Latin cultures used masks to display their gods in living form;it was a way of paying homage to them while asking for a safe trip into the afterlife. ...

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New methods of farming the land were formed, such as the sowing of and harvesting of crops and the taming of animals to help or as food. ... Admiration for the accomplishments of the ancient Egyptians is so strong that it prompts quotes such as this " Egypt itself is a book of history, one of gods great monumental records it was the birth place of science and literature, the garden and gardener of the world in the branches of decorative art and the science of arcutechture they were undoubtably far in advance of us in the present day . ...

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"Perhaps nothing in Christianity or Buddhism is as venerable as their art of teaching even the lowliest how to place themselves through the piety in an illusory higher order of things and thus to maintain their contentment with the order" (Cowan 74). ... When taken at its simplest form, a saint nothing more than a man who denies his own will; his own nature. ...

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